Drawbar carrier



1.N.JONES. DRAWBAR CARRIER.

APPLlCATlON FILED FEB. 4, 19 22.

13 3 ,831, H Patented Dec. 12, 19221 WITNESSES l/VVE/VTOR I. N. Jones,

ATTORNEYS Patented Dec. iZJllQZZ,

irerar ISAAC NELSON JONES, OF SANTA PAULA, CALIFORNIA.

naAwBAn CARRIER.

Application filed February 4, 1922. Serial No. 534,150.

To all whom ama omm; I U Be it known that 1, Isaac a' citizen of the.United States, anda resident l ofSanta Paula, inthe county of Venturaand'lState of California, have invented certain new and usefulImprovementsin Drawbar Carriers, ofwhich the following is aspecificationj p W My invention relates to devices adapted to beattachedto a tractor for movably sup-,

porting a' draw bar connected with the tractor,andit consists in thecombinations, constructions and arrangements herein 'described andclaimed. i

An object of my invention is to provide a carrier 'whichis adaptedto beattached to the frame of a tractor or like vehicle and to coact with a;clraw bar having a pivotal connection with the vehicle frame in suchmanher, as to holdthe draw bar out of contact with the vehicle framewhile permitting of movement of the draw bar about its connection withthe tractor frame into various an gular relations'to the longitudinalaxis of the vehicle frame.

. A further object of; my invention is to provide a device of the"character described which is simple construction, adapted forapplication to tractor frames of conventional construction without anyextensive changes, if any,.in the "ordinary, construction of the latterbeing required, and not likely to get out of order easily.

"Other objects and advantages will be up parent from the followingdescription, and

the" novel, features of the invention will be particularly outlined in.the claims.

' invention is, illustrated in the accompanying' drawings, forming. a;part of this application, in which v i appends d Fig. l is a perspectiveview showing an embodimentofthe invention 'appl edto a tractor frame, p"Flg. 2 is an enlarged vertical section througha roller frame comprisedin the device,

1 Fig. 3' is. a view showing the roller frame indeveloped form, and

"Fig. 4: isa perspective view of cotter member which is also shown inFigs. 1 and 2. Referring now to the drawings in which the same referencenumerals are used to nnsoiv Jones,

designatelike parts throughout the several views, the numeral 1indicates va. tractor frame, only a portion of which is shown. A

pair of spaced'apart hangers 2-2 depend from the rear transverse memberof the tractorframe, n. .1' I

,A supporting member comprised in the device consists of spaced-apartparallel arm. n

portions 3+3 pivotally attached, at their in ner ends to the hangers 22and being; bent downwardly adjacent to theirj outer ends andbeingconnected by a fiatwise disposed horizontal bar portion 4 whichisintegral with both of the arms 3.3.

The bar portion 4 is arouate in form and the curvature thereof conformsto that of an arc struck by a draw bar 5 about its pivotal connection at6 with the. tractor frame. It is to be observed at this point that thesupporting arms 3 are .positionedat op posite sidesof the draw bar 5 andat equal distances from the latter when the draw bar is positioned toextend parallel to orin coincidence withthe longitudinal axis of thetractor frame, as illustrated-in Fig; 1 The draw bar 5 carries at itsouter end a clevis Tpro vided with a hook 8 for attaching the draw bartoa trailer (not shown) ,such as an agricultural implement which is tobe drawn by the tractor.

It is desirable that the drawbar 5 be capable of free movement withincertain limits about the connectionat 6 with the tractor frame and myinvention contemplates the wing portions 101O and-ll-ll, the axes ofwhich intersect each other at rightangles atthe center of the plate.The. wing portions of one pair are bent upwardly to 6X- tend'at rightangles to the plate and the wing portions of the other pair are bentdownwardly into position to depend at right .an-

gles from the plate, as illustratedin Figs. 1 and 2. Alinedopenings'1212 and 13-13 respectively are formed through the wingportions -10 and 11ll respectively, adjacent to the outer ends of thelatter and when the wing portions are bent in the n1an ner described,thepairs of alined openings respectively receive the end portions ofhorizontally disposed shafts or pins 14 and 15 respectively, which are"extendedthrough the alined openings and have their ends projectingtherebeyond. Two silnilar'roller's 16 and 17 are shown as rotatablymounted upon the shaft or pin 15 between the portions Il 11 which nowconstitute upstanding Ha e an h 5pm S ft we h l against adalinove nentbythe arms of a substantially u 'shaped cottr' mernber l8 are projectedthrough cotter openings ill the opposite ends thereof. A'roller19 isrotatably disposed on the pin or shaft 14:

bet'we the portions 10- 10 which now constitute dependingflanges,'whereby the roller lllfextei dsinadirection at right angles tothat dftrie rollers 16 and 17." One'of 'thecotter ineinbe rs 1 8isarranged withthe arm's thereof rejected through cottr 'openingsintheex rernities of the pin or shaft 1ft and holds the latteragainstmove relatively to :the depending flanges 10"O; i

From tliejforegoing description of the variouspai'ts of the device, theoperation theref maybe eadily u d d,- The p n shaft 15am the rollers uounted thereon, are placed'intheposition which illustrated in 'l'af'terjthe upstanding flanges 11;l1 have been arranged to straddle thebar 4. 'lfhe depending flanges '10 -l0 are then arringe 1 1 S fad g iitibno to he a bar- S interniediately of the length of the lat- V ter'and the orshaft 14; andth e roller 1 9 supported thereo'n then' mountedbetween the within certain liinits in a horizontal plane about itsconnection 1 at 6', are permitted, and corfn'e 'ctiofn'of the draw barat ,6 arid the connections of: the arms with the l fran'ie niay lbe suchas to permit of liinitedi inoveof the draw bar lllia vertical planeabout the'connectionat 6.

Obviously, invention is susceptible of eriibodiinent in forms varyingdetail from that illustrated and ,I therefore consider as aw all'suchmodifications and adaptations thereofslas fairly fall within the scopeoffthe appendod claims; Ilaiin:--

1. The combination with a tractorhaving to a chord connecting the endsof said bar- 'portion, v means carried by the tractor for supporting thearm portions in such manner top'osition the bar portion in a horizontalplane,a frame comprising a flat body having a pair of integrarflangeportions upstanding from opposite edges thereof and being arranged tostraddle said barportionandhaving aip'air of integral flanges dependingfrom opposite edges-thereof 'at;oppo'site sidesof the draw bar,'theplanes of .theifseeondname'd flanges extending substantially at right"an gles' to the planes of "the first" nainedfl'anges, a rollerremovably and rotatab lyzniountetl between the first flanges in positionto have a rolling Contact with theupperside ofthe bar portion, and aroller re'movably and? rotatably mounted between the "second f nam'efdflanges in position to have 'arolling Contact with the under side ofsaid draw bar.

2. In a device of the character described, a roller device comprisingafraine consisting of a flat rectangular body having integral flangesupstanding from apair'of opposite' edges thereof and other integralflanges depending from the other pair of opposite edges thereof, a shaft'ren'iovably supported by said first iiained'flangesat a determineddistance above and with F its axis substantially parallel'to" theplane'of said body, a shaftremovably su partedt said depending flangesat a determi'nedfdijs'tance below and parallel to the plane [of the'body, and rollers mounted" upon saidshafts. lnfa device of thecharacterdescribed, a roller device comprising Ia 'frame 'coiisi'sb ing of a flatrectangular bo'dy having integral flanges upstanding from afpair ofopposite edges thereof and other integral flanges depending froin'theiother pair of opposite edges thereof,*ja shaffirernovably supported bysaid first'na'rned flanges at a determined distance above and with itsaxis's'ubstantially parallelto the plane of said bodyfa 's'ha ftremovably supported by said depending flanges at 'a"deterinined"distance below and parallel to l the plane of "the bodyff'rolle'r'smounted upon saidfshafts, and nieans for norinally preventing thefdisplacemeli-tlof said" shafts relatively to said flanges. V V p 4. Ina device of the eharacter' deso rib'd,

aroller ,devicebohiprisiiig airframe consisting of aflat iectangfilarbody having 'integra'l flanges upstanding from a pair ofopposit-e edgethereof I and other integral flanges depending froni the other' pair f-wpposite edges thereof, a shaft removably? supported {said firstnamed'flangesat a'idetermined distance above'and with its axis'substantially parallel to the plane ofsaid body,

a shaft removably supported by said depend ing flanges at a determineddistance below and parallel to the plane of the body, rollers mountedupon said shafts, each of said shafts being provided with paralleltransverse openings therethrough adjacent to the opposite ends thereof,and a substantially U-shaped locking member for each shaft, each lockingmember including a Web por- 10 tion spanning the flanges supporting oneof the shafts and arm portions engaging the transverse openings throughthe shaft.

ISAAC NELSON JONES.

